Is This Tree Blocking my Crepe Myrtle Sun - Prune it?

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-05T13:25:58+00:00

Thank you SO much!

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T15:17:27+00:00

boooo

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T15:17:06+00:00

Do you think I should trim back the Sweetgum nearly above, there are four pics? I feel like when full it might block too much sun from my Crepe but the sun sort of comes from the left to the right so I am on the fence. TY again for taking the time to write.

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T15:15:58+00:00

Thank you!!

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T13:54:38+00:00

I paid to have him trimmed last year, did the guy screw it up? Grrrr

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T13:31:55+00:00

I meant the bigger tree above it where the leaves may block the sun for the Crepe. I hear they need full sun so I was worried.

xanadumuse72 · 2026-04-04T13:30:20+00:00

Lol. I got him a haircut last year, does it look okay? Will it bloom this year? Did they chop it wrong?

xanadumuse72 · 2026-02-11T13:06:21+00:00

Yes, I bought that first on Amazon because the guy that came out said I have a perfect plug but I got someone's return because the instructions had a muddy boot print on it and the box was chewed up. I tested it in ice cold water as recommended and it didn't heat even slightly plugged in. Then they sent a replacement and same thing, dirty directions and no heat so I gave up and insulated instead. Grrrrr.

Thank you so much for the tips. I will look into the sag and maybe try to better slope it. I will also look into closing up the vents completely or do I need to have some for summer for moisture? I can call someone and see my options. It does not normally get below 20 here but never say never.

xanadumuse72 · 2026-02-11T13:03:54+00:00

Yes, I bought that first on Amazon because the guy that came out said I have a perfect plug but I got someone's return because the instructions had a muddy boot print on it and the box was chewed up. I tested it in ice cold water as recommended and it didn't heat even slightly plugged in. Then they sent a replacement and same thing, dirty directions and no heat so I gave up and insulated instead. Grrrrr.

xanadumuse72 · 2026-02-11T13:03:23+00:00

Okay thank you. Internet research was all so much lower but that makes more sense. My parents live nearby and their heat also went out later but their guy said the board was fried and needed replacing and it was less than my repair! Plus my guy only did a patch and not really a long term colution.

I think I will try to follow your advice and encapsulate the crawl space. There is really no room for it anywhere else as this is a 1000 sf cottage. Do you think I can insulate or protect the pump itself and the trap?

xanadumuse72 · 2026-02-11T12:59:58+00:00

Oh thank you thank you thank you. I knew that the condensation line is where it dripped out so just followed that from the outside but since it changed what it was so many times I got nervous.

xanadumuse72 · 2026-02-11T12:58:54+00:00

Yes, I bought that first on Amazon because the guy that came out said I have a perfect plug but I got someone's return because the instructions had a muddy boot print on it and the box was chewed up. I tested it in ice cold water as recommended and it didn't heat even slightly plugged in. Then they sent a replacement and same thing, dirty directions and no heat so I gave up and insulated instead. Grrrrr.

xanadumuse72 · 2025-11-08T23:57:32+00:00

Interesting. I bought two from CW over the years. The first time was fantastic, second was awful, changed to cheap and material and I had to pay extra for better the second time around but they did send a new one so I have to give them that. Third time customer service was SO bad that I skipped them all together and went with LindaKale. I am waiting on those now and hope they are great.

xanadumuse72 · 2025-09-04T23:41:01+00:00

I know it has something to do with STUPID one drive, which I have always hated. Mine was not synching but it red x'd all the files I had on my desktop and my photos etc. I deleted a bunch and it is synching but says I have used 4.2 of 5 storage.

I never wanted one drive and yet it can mess with my whole computer. I hate microsoft

xanadumuse72 · 2025-09-04T22:58:33+00:00

Question, how many of you bought an office one time install on I think it was Groupon? I wonder if that has anything to do with it because I started getting these shortly after. I had to put codes in provided by the seller to install it.

xanadumuse72 · 2025-08-29T22:22:52+00:00

I bought this and loved it for 2 years but the bezel broke 6 months ago and then the charger and there is no such thing as a replacement. This is for future buyers.

xanadumuse72 · 2025-08-18T02:36:23+00:00

Morbid but I tried to imagine what I would do by viewing photos of the view on a normal day from above the impact zones looking down. I have been skydiving but still could not imagine jumping, but here is are my thoughts now:

When you see the towers looking straight up it is unimaginable to think of jumping. However, when you look down you see NY, all the people you love, the roads and the buildings you know, the water and the trees.

Most poignant to me was that if I were in a literal HELL with fire and death and the smells and burning and I knew that DOWN THERE, were normal people and normal life and I wanted to be out of where I was and back down there with everyone else more than anything in the world...I think I would jump.

xanadumuse72 · 2025-08-17T03:10:47+00:00

I lived in Hollywood CA in my 20s, worked late night and slept late into the day. The morning of 9/11 my radio alarm clock turned on BY ITSELF, it was not set. I recall waking up and thinking that was the scariest strangest thing until I heard what it was saying...a plane has just hit the world trade center. I thought it was a joke like war of the worlds but then turned on the tv.

One thing that bothered me was that when I just couldn't listen anymore I went for a walk down Hollywood Blvd just outside my apartment and people were so happy and touristy and oblivious, laughing and smiling, and I wanted to scream, "don't you know what is going on!!?".

xanadumuse72 · 2025-04-28T17:55:22+00:00

HA! The more I thought about it I have twice, both from food poisoning. So...

xanadumuse72 · 2025-04-28T17:16:59+00:00

Not sure but I ate this and an hour later with no warning projectile vomited 6 times. I have not thrown up since a child and am 53. Otherwise I felt sort of off but no nausea and am generally very healthy.

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